2013 Premier League speedway season

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2013 Premier League speedway season
ChampionsSomerset Rebels
Knockout CupSomerset Rebels
IndividualOliver Allen
PairsSomerset Rebels
FoursEdinburgh Monarchs
Highest averageCraig Cook
Division/s above2013 Elite League
Division/s below2013 National League

The 2013 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway.[1]

Summary[]

The season took place between March and October 2013. The Scunthorpe Scorpions were the defending champions after winning in 2012. After finishing as runners-up the previous season, the Somerset Rebels went one better in 2013 and ended up being declared the Premier League Champions.

League table[]

Pos Club M Home Away F A Pts
3W 2W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Somerset Rebels 24 10 1 0 1 3 2 2 2 3 1218 951 56
2 Ipswich Witches 24 10 1 0 1 2 1 4 4 1 1193 987 55
3 Newcastle Diamonds 24 10 0 2 0 2 3 1 3 3 1207 973 54
4 Edinburgh Monarchs 24 10 0 0 2 2 2 2 3 3 1172 1003 51
5 Workington Comets 24 7 3 0 2 2 2 2 1 5 1139 1056 46
6 Redcar Bears 24 6 2 2 2 4 1 0 2 5 1078 1068 45
7 Leicester Lions 24 5 5 0 2 3 1 0 1 7 1079 1103 41
8 Scunthorpe Scorpions 24 4 5 2 1 0 2 1 4 5 1080 1075 36
9 Rye House Rockets 24 4 2 3 3 0 3 0 3 6 1050 1115 31
10 Berwick Bandits 24 5 3 0 4 0 1 0 1 10 1025 1150 25
11 Plymouth Devils 24 3 1 1 7 0 2 1 1 8 994 1190 21
12 Sheffield Tigers 24 3 1 2 6 0 0 1 1 10 958 1220 16
13 Glasgow Tigers 24 1 2 2 7 0 0 0 0 12 945 1247 9

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Play Offs[]

Group 1

Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1 Edinburgh 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 197 163 11
2 Workington 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 182 178 8
3 Ipswich 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 161 199 0

Group 2

Pos Team P 3w 2w D L 4w 3w D 1L L F A Pts
1 Somerset 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 198 169 9
2 Newcastle 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 187 182 6
3 Redcar 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 168 202 5

Play Off Final[]

First leg

Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 14
Claus Vissing 8
Derek Sneddon 8
Theo Pijper 7
Liam Carr 3
Max Fricke 3
Jozsef Tabaka 2		45 – 43Somerset Rebels
Josh Grajczonek 12
Jason Doyle 11
Charles Wright 7
Nick Morris 5
Kyle Newman 4
Alex Davies 4
Lewis Rose 0
[2][3]
Armadale Stadium

Second leg

Somerset Rebels
Jason Doyle 11
Josh Grajczonek 9
Alex Davies 8
Kyle Newman 7
Charles Wright 6
Nick Morris 6
Oliver Greenwood 2		49 – 44Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 14
Claus Vissing 12
Derek Sneddon 6
Theo Pjiper 6
Liam Carr 3
Max Fricke 3
Jozsef Tabaka R/R
[2][4]
Oaktree Arena

Somerset were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–89.


Final Leading averages[]

[5]

Rider Team Average
England Craig Cook Edinburgh 10.52
England Ben Barker Ipswich 9.44
England Richie Worrall Newcastle 8.64
Denmark Mikkel Bech Jensen Plymouth 8.41
Sweden Magnus Karlsson Leicester 8.40
England Joe Screen Glasgow 8.15
England Oliver Allen Rye House 8.09
Netherlands Theo Pijper Edinburgh 7.70
Australia Redcar 7.58
Australia Kevin Doolan Leicester 7.51

Premier League Knockout Cup[]

The 2013 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 46th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.[6]

First Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
28/04 Newcastle 42-30 Plymouth
27/04 Workington 61-29 Ipswich
26/04 Plymouth 44-46 Newcastle
25/04 Ipswich 55-35 Workington
21/04 Glasgow 52-38 Rye House
20/04 Rye House 63-26 Glasgow
18/04 Redcar 45-44 Berwick
13/04 Leicester 46-44 Edinburgh
13/04 Berwick 44-46 Redcar
12/04 Edinburgh 58-31 Leicester

Quarter Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
05/07 Somerset 48-41 Workington
16/06 Newcastle 44-46 Edinburgh
16/06 Workington 48-42 Somerset
14/06 Edinburgh 44-45 Newcastle
14/06 Scunthorpe 41-49 Redcar
13/06 Redcar 50-40 Scunthorpe
16/05 Sheffield 42-48 Rye House
11/05 Rye House 52-38 Sheffield

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
31/08 Rye House 55-35 Redcar
30/08 Edinburgh 49-41 Somerset
27/08 Somerset 49-41 Edinburgh
11/07 Redcar 48-42 Rye House
20/09
replay		 Edinburgh 48-42 Somerset
18/09
replay		 Somerset 58-32 Edinburgh

Final[]

First leg

Somerset Rebels
Jason Doyle 18
Josh Grajczonek 13
Nicolai Klindt 11
Charles Wright 10
Kyle Newman 6
Oliver Greenwood 1
Nick Morris R/R		59 – 31Rye House Rockets
Olly Allen 9
Jason Bunyan 8
Anders Mellgren 6
Pontus Aspgren 4
Kasper Lykke 3
Josh Bates 1
Tyson Nelson R/R
[2][7]
Oaktree Arena

Second leg

Rye House Rockets
Anders Mellgren 10
Tyson Nelson 8
Olly Allen 7
Pontus Aspgren 7
Jason Bunyan 7
Ben Morley 4
Kasper Lykke 3		46 – 44Somerset Rebels
Jason Doyle 12
Josh Grajczonek 10
Charles Wright 9
Nick Morris 6
Alex Davies 4
Kyle Newman 2
Oliver Greenwood 1
[2][8]
Rye House Stadium

Somerset were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 103–77.

Team Lineups[]

Berwick Bandits[]

  • England Ricky Ashworth
  • Australia Kozza Smith
  • Sweden
  • Australia Matthew Wethers
  • France David Bellego
  • Sweden Alex Edberg
  • Denmark

Edinburgh Monarchs[]

  • England Craig Cook
  • Netherlands Theo Pijper
  • Australia Sam Masters
  • Scotland Derek Sneddon
  • Australia Max Fricke
  • Hungary Jozsef Tabaka
  • Germany

Glasgow Tigers[]

  • England Joe Screen
  • Scotland James Grieves
  • England James Wright
  • Denmark Henning Bager
  • Australia
  • Australia
  • England Joe Jacobs

Ipswich Witches[]

Leicester Lions[]

  • Finland Kauko Nieminen
  • Denmark Lasse Bjerre
  • Australia Kevin Doolan
  • England Adam Roynon
  • Denmark Jan Graversen
  • Denmark Simon Nielsen
  • England Lewis Blackbird

Newcastle Diamonds[]

  • England Stuart Robson
  • Scotland Andrew Tully
  • Sweden Ludvig Lindgren
  • Australia
  • England Richie Worrall
  • England Steve Worrall
  • England Lewis Kerr

Plymouth Devils[]

Redcar Bears[]

  • Denmark Ulrich Ostergaard
  • Australia Aaron Summers
  • Czech Republic Matej Kus
  • Australia Hugh Skidmore
  • England Carl Wilkinson
  • Australia
  • Germany Max Dilger

Rye House Rockets[]

  • England Oliver Allen
  • Sweden
  • Australia
  • New Zealand Jason Bunyan
  • England Jason Garrity
  • England Simon Lambert
  • Denmark

Scunthorpe Scorpions[]

  • England Josh Auty
  • England David Howe
  • Denmark
  • England Ashley Birks
  • Denmark Michael Palm Toft
  • Australia Ryan Douglas
  • England Josh Bates

Sheffield Tigers[]

Somerset Rebels[]

  • Australia Jason Doyle
  • Australia Nick Morris
  • Australia Josh Grajczonek
  • England Alex Davies
  • England Kyle Newman
  • England Tom Perry
  • England Stefan Nielsen

Workington Comets[]

  • England Richard Lawson
  • Denmark Rene Bach
  • Australia Rusty Harrison
  • Finland Tero Aarnio
  • England Kyle Howarth
  • Australia
  • England Ashley Morris

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ a b c d "2013 results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ "2013 Play Off 1st Leg". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ "2013 Play Off 2nd Leg". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Greensheet Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  6. ^ "2013 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  7. ^ "1st Leg". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ^ "2nd Leg". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
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